Québec

• Christiane Gagnon (Incumbent)
• Myriam Taschereau
• Yonnel Bonaventure
• Damien Rousseau
• Catheryn Roy-Goyette

Christiane Gagnon

Party: Bloc Québécois

Birthdate: April 16, 1948

Age: 60

Birthplace: Chicoutimi, Que.

Education: Studied sociology and communications at Laval University

Electoral History

Provincial: President of the Parti Québécois, 1989-1990 and 1992-1993

Federal: Elected in this riding in 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004 and 2006

Political History

Committees: Vice-chair, health. Member, Bill C-20. Associate member, liaison and veterans affairs.

Caucus: Served as the Bloc's caucus chair from 1996 to 1998. Has been the Bloc's critic on the status of women, the Federal Office of Regional Development-Quebec, housing, poverty, Canadian heritage, the National Capital Commission, and the National Capital Region. Currently the critic on the national capital of Quebec and social development.

Mailing address:

336 du Roi St., Suite RC-10

Quebec City, Que.

G1K 2W5

Contact information:

Telephone: 418-649-8878

Fax: 418-649-8750

cgagnon1@christianegagnon.qc.ca

christianegagnon.qc.ca

Myriam Taschereau

Party: Conservative Party of Canada

Age: 38

Education: Studied law, political science and communications

Profession: Businesswoman

Contact information:

418-523-4231

418-523-6506

info@myriamtaschereau.ca

www.myriamtaschereau.ca

Yonnel Bonaventure

Party: Green Party of Canada

Birthdate: Aug. 3, 1953

Age: 55

Birthplace: Paris, France

Education: Studied mechanical engineering at the Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Paris (UIT), a technology institute at the University of Paris.

Profession: Food consultant

Career Background: He worked in the food industry, notably as a food consultant and agri-food industrialist.

Electoral History

Provincial: Ran unsuccessfully in Charlesbourg in 2003.

Federal: Ran unsuccessfully in Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière in a 2003 byelection, and in Louis-Saint-Laurent and Québec in, respectively, the 2004 and 2006 general elections.

Contact information:

Telephone: 418-648-1923

yonnel.bonaventure@greenparty.ca

Damien Rousseau

Party: Liberal Party of Canada

Profession: Journalist

Career Background: He worked in radio broadcasting for the past 40 years as manager of programming and news for the CJRP and CHRC radio stations. He was the news director for the Transcontinental Media group in Quebec. He also worked in public relations, having served as press secretary for Alcan Smelters and Chemicals Limited and counsellor for the local chapter of the Associations touristiques régionales (ATR), an association dedicated to maintaining the tourist industry in Quebec regions, and several politicians, including former Premier Robert Bourassa. He also taught journalism at the Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier and the Collège de la radio et de la télévision de Québec (CRTQ), two colleges in Quebec City (the latter being a specialized radio and television school). Concerned about professional ethics, he wrote the reporting policy for the CJRP-Radiomutuel radio station, which was adopted by the whole network, as well as Transcontinental.

Community Activities: He is an active member of the Quebec Chamber of Commerce and sits on the boards of several cultural and charitable organizations.

Contact information:

www.liberal.ca

Catheryn Roy-Goyette

Party: New Democratic Party of Canada

Age: 25

Education: Earned a bachelor's degree in environment and forestry management from Laval University. Also studied natural sciences at the Cégep de Rimouski, a community college in Rimouski, Que.

Career Background: She worked in organizations representing public transit users and the fight against poverty. She has also been actively involved in international development. For six months, she was also a liaison in England at the headquarters of Peace Child International.

Community Activities: She held positions in the Confédération des associations d'étudiantes et d'étudiants de l'Université Laval (CADEUL), the largest student association at Laval University, and the Association des étudiantes et étudiants en foresterie de l’Université Laval (AEFUL), the association of forestry students. She also sat for three years on the board of administration of the fourth World Youth Congress — called RéGénération 2008 — held in Quebec City. Recently, she was members of the International Tembec forestry mission in Finland and the selection committee of the research foundation of Laval University's Faculty of Forestry.

Mailing address:

251 4e rue

Quebec City, Que.

G1l 2S4

Contact information:

Telephone: 418-614-4971

Telephone: 418-614-4972

catherynroygoyette@ndp.ca

catherynroygoyette.ndp.ca

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